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Diabetic macular edema
Edema: Swelling of the retina in diabetes mellitus due to leaking of fluid from blood vessels within the macula. The macula is the central portion of the retina, a small area rich in cones, the specialized nerve endings that detect color…
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- Acidophilus Bacteria found in yogurt that can help restore a supportive bacterial environment to an intestinal tract…
- Keratectomy, photorefractive (PRK) A kind of laser eye surgery designed to change the shape of the cornea to eliminate (or reduce) the need for…
- Eye, small Also called microphthalmia, an abnormally small eye, a congenital malformation (birth defect) of the globe…
- Enoxaparin Enoxaparin: A low-molecular-weight version of heparin which acts like heparin as an anticoagulant…
- Virus, attenuated To attenuate is to weaken or to make (or become) thin. The word derives from a combination of the Latin…
- Retardation, reading Reading retardation means impaired ability to read. Reading retardation is an impairment that may, for…
- Philadelphia chromosome (Ph) The chromosome abnormality that causes chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Abbreviated as the Ph chromosome. The…
- Genetics of Parkinson disease See: Forensic genetics.
- Electrophoresis A process by which molecules (such as proteins, DNA, or RNA fragments) can be separated according to size and…
- Ileitis, terminal Crohn's disease, a chronic inflammatory disease of the intestine involving only the end of the small…